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Negotiations resume between AFSCME District Council 33, Mayor Parker's administration on Day 5 of strike
No deal was reached between the striking AFSCME District Council 33 and Mayor Cherelle Parker's administration after ...
Philadelphians take to social media to gripe about the DC 33 strike and the resulting ‘Parker piles’
On any given summer day, Philadelphia’s fragrance can be a little ... ripe. Add an almost week-old strike by city employees, ...
DC 33 Strike Day 6: Trash pile-up update
It is day six of the District Council 33 strike and the tensions and the frustrations, keep rising along with the trash, and ...
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DC 33 Strike Enters 6th Day After Union and City Fail To Reach Deal
Meanwhile, union leaders and city officials negotiated, but failed to reach an agreement. Union leaders hope to meet again on ...
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District Council 33 to create strike fund, seeking food and water donations
Amid the District Council 33 strike and negotiations with the City of Philadelphia, the union is seeking non-monetary ...
Free Library branches are closed amid the DC 33 strike
Almost all Free Library branches shut down Tuesday, as librarians resisted crossing picket lines. Most other library workers ...
Recap: DC 33 members struck by car, LL COOL J, Jazmine Sullivan support union
AFSCME District Council 33, Philadelphia's largest blue collar workers union, went on strike on Tuesday, July 1, 2025, ...
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Council 33’s strike result of fiscal and political decisions that preceded Mayor Parker
As the city continues to negotiate with AFSCME District Council 33, the union’s first work stoppage since the 1980s continues ...
DC 33 made concessions in 1992. Decades of resentment since led to Philadelphia’s current city worker strike.
Many AFSCME DC 33 members have been itching for the union to take a dramatic stand against the city ever since then-Mayor ...
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LL Cool J says he won't perform at Philly's July 4th concert due to DC 33 strike
LL Cool J says he won't be performing at Philadelphia's 4th of July celebration concert as long as the strike is ongoing with ...
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Why is DC 33 union on strike? LL Cool J says he won't perform in Philadelphia due to ongoing walkout
Rapper and actor LL Cool J has stepped back from his July 4, 2025, concert on the Parkway at the Art Museum. This was part of ...